Senior Build Engineer - CUDA Driver, Core Libraries, Distributed Runtimes
NVIDIA Santa Clara, CA Full-time 3/31/2026
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•FY 2025Job Description
NVIDIA is seeking an outstanding build engineer to enhance the build, testing, packaging, and developer experience for its accelerated computing platform. The role involves working with CUDA Driver, CUDA Toolkit, and various libraries to support GPU-accelerated software development across multiple platforms and environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Systems/Software/Computer Engineering, CS or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience or equivalent academic experience after BS
- Experience working across multiple highly-coupled projects (in Git or another VCS)
- Experience working with C/C++ and Python projects
- Familiarity with CMake, pip, conda or other tools for C/C++ or Python build and packaging
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems including Github and Gitlab
- Understanding of testing principles
- Knowledge of release management practices
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker)
Responsibilities
- Decomposing and modularizing build processes for reusability across multiple projects
- Debugging CMake, pip, and conda issues encountered in CI and local builds
- Working on scripting and infrastructure to manage dependencies across various environments and build systems
- Bringing up builds and CI across platforms (x86_64/arm64) and OSes (Linux/Windows/Mac) and other unreleased hardware and software
- Working with engineering leadership to identify the support matrix and manage the scope of the build matrix
- Automating scheduled work for all of the above
Benefits
- Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.
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